στάσις
stásis
“a standing”
9 words in English grow from this root.
Anastasia
Everydayἀνάaná
“standing up again”
Apostasy
Faithἀπόapó
“a standing away”
Diastase
Scienceδιάdiá
“a standing apart”
Ecstasy
Mindἐκek
“standing outside oneself”
Homeostasis
Medicineὅμοιοςhómoios
“staying similar”
Hypostasis
Philosophyὑπόhypó
“that which stands underneath”
Iconostasis
Faithεἰκώνeikṓn
“image stand”
Metastasis
Medicineμετάmetá
“a change of standing”
Stacy
Everydayἀνάaná
“standing up again”